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or the healthcare system. in fact, this is a problem that goes way beyond the healthcare system to encompass a broad range of potentially other factors as well. >> bill: so lots, lots to get into here on this health report with dr. ana diez-roux. michael tomasky is joining us in the next hour as a "friend of bill." team press is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. phil backert on phones. cyprian boldting has got the cameras. we'll get right into the health issue. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> quick check of other headlines making news. ben affleck did not get best director nomination for the upcoming oscars but that took a backseat last night when he won big at the critics choice award winning best director for "argo" and the movie won best picture overall. others included daniel day-lewis for lincoln. jessica chastain for "zero dark thirty" and "django unchained" winning screenplay. bradley cooper and jennifer lawrence won for "silver lining playbook." >> bill: it is getting a lot of awards.
or the healthcare system. in fact, this is a problem that goes way beyond the healthcare system to encompass a broad range of potentially other factors as well. >> bill: so lots, lots to get into here on this health report with dr. ana diez-roux. michael tomasky is joining us in the next hour as a "friend of bill." team press is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. phil backert on phones. cyprian boldting has got the cameras. we'll get right into the health issue. but first......
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they spent over $50 million just fighting against healthcare. >> we're talking about the vast amount of american people. now it's being sold as social security cuts as a slight tweak to inflation adjustment which everyone knows it's just a story. it's just a cut by some other name. yeah, i think there is a sense that you do something counter intuitive, the "washington post" will applaud, and that's the end of the story. >> john: well, i want to come back to that note. i also want to ask you what you think of today's decidedly right-wing appointments by the left-wing president. coming up when all is said and done, what will the president's new cabinet look like? older and whiter i guess. more from our panel coming up next. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to f
they spent over $50 million just fighting against healthcare. >> we're talking about the vast amount of american people. now it's being sold as social security cuts as a slight tweak to inflation adjustment which everyone knows it's just a story. it's just a cut by some other name. yeah, i think there is a sense that you do something counter intuitive, the "washington post" will applaud, and that's the end of the story. >> john: well, i want to come back to that note. i...
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>> obama: if we combine a balanced package of savings from spending on healthcare and revenues from closing loopholes we can solve the deficit issue. >> john: joining me now is wahini varra, california politics reporter for the wall street journal. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> does that mean that he's doing things right? >> he had decent approving ratings after a while. but after this effort to pass taxes, his approval ratings went up. he's more popular now than he has ever been in california, a little bit surprisingly. >> when you consider all the negative stereotypes that we heard groaning up. when i was growing up he was governor moon beam, and how unbalanced he was, quite the opposite of now. governor brown did a whole lot of cutting, are the people of california glossing over that? >> i think they may be. the most recent thing that happened was that californians raised taxes after jerry brown passed it. it's been in the news. that's what people are aware of. but it's true that well before that over the past couple of years jerry brown and the democratic controlled
>> obama: if we combine a balanced package of savings from spending on healthcare and revenues from closing loopholes we can solve the deficit issue. >> john: joining me now is wahini varra, california politics reporter for the wall street journal. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> does that mean that he's doing things right? >> he had decent approving ratings after a while. but after this effort to pass taxes, his approval ratings went up. he's...
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@Ñ@Ñ [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: we have good news and bad news tonight on the cost of healthcare in america. first, the good news. according to the obama administration the rate of increase in healthcare spending went up 3.9% in 2011. a mall amount. it's the same increase that we saw in 2009 and 2010. for the record those are the lowest up ticks in more than half a century. pretty good. now for the bad news. anthem blue cross wants to hike their premiums by 26%. insurers in florida and ohio have already increased patients' rates by 20%. how is this happening and what can be done to stop it? we're going to put those questions to dave jones, who is leading the charge against the wild rate hikes that the insurance companies are planning. he's coming to us from sacramento. dave welcome inside "the war room." >> a pleasure to be with you jennifer. >> jennifer: tell us for people who have not been following this, why are these rate hikes happening in some states and not in others? >> the problem in california and other states is that there is nothing in the affordable care act or in st
@Ñ@Ñ [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: we have good news and bad news tonight on the cost of healthcare in america. first, the good news. according to the obama administration the rate of increase in healthcare spending went up 3.9% in 2011. a mall amount. it's the same increase that we saw in 2009 and 2010. for the record those are the lowest up ticks in more than half a century. pretty good. now for the bad news. anthem blue cross wants to hike their premiums by 26%. insurers in...
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>> nixon would be a liberal democrat, equal rights, epa healthcare act that even ted kennedy said his biggest regret he didn't embrace nixon's health plan. they have gone so far to the right. >> john: but he hated blacks and jews, rest in piece mr. nixon. dean and scott, and the lee three of my favorite new york politico medians. thank you so much for joining us. up next, happier news, same sex weddings guess who is flipping out. that's up ahead. hd
>> nixon would be a liberal democrat, equal rights, epa healthcare act that even ted kennedy said his biggest regret he didn't embrace nixon's health plan. they have gone so far to the right. >> john: but he hated blacks and jews, rest in piece mr. nixon. dean and scott, and the lee three of my favorite new york politico medians. thank you so much for joining us. up next, happier news, same sex weddings guess who is flipping out. that's up ahead. hd
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capitol brought to you today by afsmee under president lee saunders, the largest public employee and healthcare workers' union in the entire country doing great work and you can find out more about their great work at their website, www.afscme.org, making america happen. eric byrnes in studio with us as a friend of bill from bullfight strategies. >> good morning >> bill: regular team here this morning, peter. >> hey, hey. happy monday. woo-hoo >> bill: following social media on twitter and footballing. with this busy inauguration week getting started, we are joined by amanda turkel managing politics managing editor for huffington post. good to talk to you this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> gradlad you are there. a week from today, the official ceremony. yesterday was the official dress rehearsal for the inauguration what's anticipated? big but not as big as last time for the inaugural ceremonies this week. >> absolutely. president obama's first inauguration was one of the most anticipated events people very many seen in quite awhile. there was a purple tunnel of doom. i think this time t
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? rogaine? well, i'll admit it. i was skeptical at first. but after awhile even my girlfriend noticed a difference. [ male announcer ] rogaine is proven to help stop hair loss. and for 85% of guys, it regrew hair. save up to 42% now at rogaine.com. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show." live on your radio and on
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got the best healthcare in this country. we do the best that we can for our people. turns out it might not be true. >> bill: it's not true. particularly for young americans. and that's what's really -- stunning. we have -- look at these countries and the countries included -- i saw a list of them here. canada japan australia france germany spain others, as you point out highly-developed high-income countries, united states has the highest infant mortality rate. >> peter: that, to me, is unbelievable. >> bill: among those countries. highest infant mortality rate and its young people have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases. teen pregnancy and death from car crashes. so i mean you know, we pride ourselves on being the best in the world in every area. i mean when it comes down to health and we're spending more money than anybody else per capita, we're not. >> peter: i really truly don't get it. i don't get it. i'm thinking to myself well, we don't do a good job taking care of the poor in this country. but it turn
got the best healthcare in this country. we do the best that we can for our people. turns out it might not be true. >> bill: it's not true. particularly for young americans. and that's what's really -- stunning. we have -- look at these countries and the countries included -- i saw a list of them here. canada japan australia france germany spain others, as you point out highly-developed high-income countries, united states has the highest infant mortality rate. >> peter: that, to...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ male announcer ] the exclusive air suspension in the 2013 ram 1500. ♪ ♪ engineered to move heaven and earth. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. um, hello. these ugly stains are ruining my good looks and style. and good luck using that cleaner. excuse me, miss ? he's right. those are tough hard water stains, and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, 85% of us have hard water and many don't even know it. you need lime-a-way. lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. it's 4 times more effective at removing lime scale than the leading bathroom cleaner. see the lime-a-way difference or your money back. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking
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i've grown up hearing a lot of healthcare professionals saying the things you say especially those who worked in emergency rooms. i have to ask, what kind of response do you get from some of your fellow arizonans when you publicly call for a change in our gun laws? >> well, you know, arizona is still a little bit of a hicktown here, you know. we grew up in the time of tombstone and such. and there are a lot of gun owners here. and i have very many friends that are gun owners. they hide behind the second amendment rights and i think that people, responsible people should have a right to own a gun to protect their property. but there is absolutely nothing that i can pull out of the second amendment that says that people should be allowed to have semi-automatic weapons, that can massacre massive amounts of people in seconds. it took 17 seconds for the shooter at the congress on your corner to empty his 30-round magazine. a bullet, every single one of those bullets hit a person. and president of the nra says the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. well that
i've grown up hearing a lot of healthcare professionals saying the things you say especially those who worked in emergency rooms. i have to ask, what kind of response do you get from some of your fellow arizonans when you publicly call for a change in our gun laws? >> well, you know, arizona is still a little bit of a hicktown here, you know. we grew up in the time of tombstone and such. and there are a lot of gun owners here. and i have very many friends that are gun owners. they hide...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> good evening. on a it's stephanie miller. >> i have enormous psychological problems and i'm going to take them out on you. >> stephanie: we were just talking about during the break. [ laughter ] not enough doctors to fix your crazy. hey, lynn. >> caller: stephanie, love the show. i love the topic you're talking about because i'm from a purple state which is a predominantly red state. we still are in a lot of parts of our state. moving off from that, i did watch the interview with piers and alex jones. people like alex jones that angry white male, typically from middle america that loves their guns they believe government conspiracy, these are the same kind of people that got the weber family in northern idaho killed back in the 1980s. these are the sa
you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> good evening. on a it's stephanie miller. >> i have enormous psychological problems and i'm going to take them out on you. >> stephanie: we...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> apparently being. >> stephanie miller -- >> involves having two arms and two legs and the occasional oracle. >> stephanie: enough about my weakness. >> i didn't know john lithgow was your boyfriend. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. oh, did i say former and future? isn't that what i said? >> it is not former and future. it is current! >> announcer: and now it's time for congressman alan grayson and your chance to taste the grayson. >> stephanie: good morning current. >> how fashionable. former and fashionable. >> stephanie: good morning sir. >> hi, how are you? >> stephanie: good. how was the big fancy, becoming a congressman again ceremony? >> i got through it. i had to say i do or something like that. i had to ta
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>> cap and trade was a republican idea they abandoned just like they abandoned their healthcare initiative. the individual mandate was something that nixon came out with. basically, the formula is -- republican idea and obama says that's a great idea, suddenly it is no longer a good idea when you're a republican. >> exactly. if it comes out of the president's mouth chances are it is a nonstarter among a certain segment. remember, we had a convention not too long ago in tampa where president obama was actually mocked by the republican nominee, mitt romney, for suggesting that he would do something about the rising temperatures and rising oceans. i think it is incumbent upon president obama to do something. i think he will do something. will it be a sweeping change? i highly doubt that because not only do you have a core segment of the republican coalition that's dead set against this but you also have several oil state democrats, mary landrieu comes to mind. joe manchin of west virginia, who would be dead set against any kind of cap and trade. any kind of carbon tax. anything that they thin
>> cap and trade was a republican idea they abandoned just like they abandoned their healthcare initiative. the individual mandate was something that nixon came out with. basically, the formula is -- republican idea and obama says that's a great idea, suddenly it is no longer a good idea when you're a republican. >> exactly. if it comes out of the president's mouth chances are it is a nonstarter among a certain segment. remember, we had a convention not too long ago in tampa where...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? hershey's simple pleasures chocolate. 30% less fat, 100% delicious. hey, i'm joey aragon. see that film? people call me about this every day. my dishwasher must be broken. you know, it's not always the machine. it may be the detergent. add finish power up to boost your detergent and you'll see a huge difference. watch what it can do. look at that sparkle! now that's clean! cloudiness! spots! tough stains! even dishwasher build-up! gone! just like that! so don't give up. add finish power up. wow! see the difference! it's a must have! [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen,
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. ♪ >> apparently -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. . >> -- was so devastated by losing homecoming queen she walked into a duncan doughnuts and never came out. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. lots of debate in washington over guns and the debt ceiling. representative peter welch of the great state of vermont joining us. good morning, representative. >> good morning. >> stephanie: i have hope this is going to play out differently. am i misguided. >> well, it's worthy of worry, and i'll tell you why. the republicans used this successfully. we blew it in august when we allowed them to make a link between negotiations and our obligation to pay bills, and it did real damage. we had our first credit downgrade, so they h
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. irene, drop the itch. we dropped the itch, you can too. maximum strength scalpicin® is not a shampoo so you can stop intense itch fast, wherever you are. i dropped the itch. drop the itch with scalpicin®. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: new york state becomes the first state to act on gun violence after newtown connecticut. state of maryland soon to follow. who needs congress? what do you say? hello, everybody. great to see you today. good morning, good morning, good morning! and welcome to the "full court press." here on current tv. and your local progressive talk radio station. this tuesday morning. january 15. so good to see you today. and welcome to the program. a
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the american healthcare act will provide more opportunities. >> we saw job growth in the healthcare sector. >> in this report. it continues. that one in my opinion is almost shell-proof. it will continues to grow. >> normalmore people are getting sick? >> we live longer. >> they need to have nursing care. >> choices. >> doctors and nurses and the folks, paramedics to get them to the hospital. i think the sad part is what we have seen from the state of florida in particular is we have seen people go after and we talked, they go after the nurses like the nurses are the problem in this country and the fact that people are taking home big bonuses isn't the problem. >> it's fortunately but one one bing thing where tourism is a big driver, a lot of people are using their disposable income they are going to restaurants, they are going to places where they can spend money. they are going to sites, you know attractive places. >> that's boding well for our communities. it also has auctionxillary affects for other parts of industries that look and surround themselves around the tourism industry. so t
the american healthcare act will provide more opportunities. >> we saw job growth in the healthcare sector. >> in this report. it continues. that one in my opinion is almost shell-proof. it will continues to grow. >> normalmore people are getting sick? >> we live longer. >> they need to have nursing care. >> choices. >> doctors and nurses and the folks, paramedics to get them to the hospital. i think the sad part is what we have seen from the state of...
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jacki's healthcare corner next. very, very important on "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: i know, i know. everybody's all aat this time they're they're coming up with a jacki's healthcare corner. oh, my god let's get the health spot warmed up. my nurse is claiming somebody told them when obamacare goes into effect, there will be caps put on treatment. >> no! that's not true. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: there you go. >> i don't know how to give you details on something that's fabricated. >> stephanie: they're expert at a mix of some things that are true and misinformation and they could be referring, as you talked about before to quality care instead of quant care. >> there was an. had and r commercial where the woman said she read the 900 page bill. it took her weeks to read that bill then i don't want her going toward my taxes. >> stephanie: jacki and her news hat in the current news center. >> president obama is holding the last press conference as his first term about a half hour from no
jacki's healthcare corner next. very, very important on "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: i know, i know. everybody's all aat this time they're they're coming up with a jacki's healthcare corner. oh, my god let's get the health spot warmed up. my nurse is claiming somebody told them when obamacare goes into effect, there will be caps put on treatment. >> no! that's not true. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: there you go. >> i don't know how...
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>> nixon would be a liberal democrat, equal rights, epa healthcare act that even ted kennedy said his biggest regret he didn't embrace nixon's health plan. they have gone so far to the right. >> john: but he hated blacks and jews rest in piece mr. nixon. dean and scott, and the lee three of my favorite new york politico medians. thank you so much for joining us. up next, happier news, same sex weddings, guess who is flipping out. that's up ahead. >> john: tonight's commentary, church is so gay. specifically the cathedral church of st. peter and st. paul known as the national cathedral in washington, d.c. the beautiful neo-gothic house of worship is the sixth largest cathedral on earth. teddy roosevelt was there when they began building it in 1907, and george wh bush was there in 1980. congress has dedicated the cathedral as the house of prayer and helen keller is buried on the ground. but today the cathedral made history when they announceed they'll host same sex weddings. now predictably many of our right wing blogger friend are acting like dc didn't make same-sex marriage legal but
>> nixon would be a liberal democrat, equal rights, epa healthcare act that even ted kennedy said his biggest regret he didn't embrace nixon's health plan. they have gone so far to the right. >> john: but he hated blacks and jews rest in piece mr. nixon. dean and scott, and the lee three of my favorite new york politico medians. thank you so much for joining us. up next, happier news, same sex weddings, guess who is flipping out. that's up ahead. >> john: tonight's commentary,...
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i was a democratic aide, and we worked across body lines on veteran bills bills to support military healthcare, they were straight. they were honest. when they said what they wanted to do, one could count on that, and we were very effective together. since then he has been involved with my organization and a strong voice on international issues he's an independent thinker and gives straight talk. that's what we really need in leadership in our country. >> john: please stay here, and we'll welcome joe williams, sam seder, thank you gentlemen great to have you. let me put it out to you. what do you think sam and joe do you think the g.o.p. option opposition to hagel the same as against obama he's soft on iran? >> it's partly that. there is also maybe perhaps some resentment towards hagel for being a little bit of a natural genuine maverick. i'm a he not saying that coincidentally, but this is the republican party trying to set upup the parameters of what the oh obama foreign policy is going to be in the years to come. they're concerned that the obama administration is going to start to take a mo
i was a democratic aide, and we worked across body lines on veteran bills bills to support military healthcare, they were straight. they were honest. when they said what they wanted to do, one could count on that, and we were very effective together. since then he has been involved with my organization and a strong voice on international issues he's an independent thinker and gives straight talk. that's what we really need in leadership in our country. >> john: please stay here, and we'll...